Solders are used in electronic packaging for metallurgical interconnections. Thermomechanical methods to modify the properties of a material. Cubic Sn-0.7Cu solder alloy was subjected heat treatment at 30–150 °C 20 min, followed by 80 % compression. The control samples this study were only treatment. This nanoindentation approach investigate reductions modulus and hardness lead-free after therm...

INTRODUCTION The performance and mechanical properties of nickel-titanium (NiTi) instruments are influenced by factors such as cross-section, flute design, raw material, and manufacturing processes. Many improvements have been proposed by manufacturers during the past decade to provide clinicians with safer and more efficient instruments. METHODS The mechanical performance of NiTi alloys is s...

AIM To evaluate ex vivo degradation of gutta-percha following six thermoplastic obturation techniques. METHODOLOGY Ninety human-extracted mandibular premolars were selected and divided randomly into nine groups for filling. Group 1: thermomechanical compaction for 3 s with Konne gutta-percha points (Konne Ind. e Com. de Mat. Odontol., Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil); Group 2: thermomechanical com...

We present a coarse-grained model for molecular dynamics simulations of an epoxy system composed of epoxy phenol novolac as epoxy monomer and bisphenol-A as the cross-linking agent. The epoxy and hardener molecules are represented as short chains of connected beads, and cross-linking is accomplished by introducing bonds between reactive beads. The interbead potential, composed of Lennard-Jones,...

Structural, thermomechanical, and dynamic properties of pure silica SiO2 are calculated with three different model potentials, namely, the potential suggested by van Beest, Kramer, and van Santen (BKS) [Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1955 (1990)], the fluctuating-charge potential with a Morse stretch term for the short-range interactions proposed by Demiralp, Cagin, and Goddard (DCG)[Phys. Rev. Lett. 82,...

This paper is devoted to the construction of a computational nonlinear thermomechanical model of large light partition walls made up of cardboard-plasterboard-cardboard (CPC) plates screwed to a metallic frame, and is submitted to mechanical and thermal loadings induced by fire. The computational model, based on experimental analyzes and a probabilistic modeling, is developed for the prediction...